Sticky Thread For Mid-Atlantic MilAir 2022

[Mark]

2041 local Army FORGE-52 #00-01052 C560 inbound Aberdeen/Phillips AAF on 126.150 from Huntsville.
Local folks I know in Maryland seems Hunstville and Aberdeen closely linked Army test centers.
Always the back and forth.

 

[RaleighGuy]

Thursday travel schedule

10:45 AM THE PRESIDENT departs the White House en route Culpeper Regional Airport, South Lawn
11:15 AM THE PRESIDENT arrives in Brandy Station, Virginia, Culpeper Regional Airport
2:55 PM THE PRESIDENT departs Brandy Station, Virginia en route the White House
3:25 PM THE PRESIDENT arrives at the White House, South Lawn

 

[AirScan]

Callsign is PICO 13. PICO 14 landed at KPSM earlier this afternoon.

Sort of looks like PICO 13 was holding for someone who didn't show up ? Last night there were 2 PICO flights that AR'd with 2 C-17s that ended up in Poland. The callsign appears related to these flights (?) - US Troops Arrive in Poland.

 

[freqhopping]

As I'm sure you know, the hex value of 924924 above is octal 11111111.

I believe Jared Soergel told me a while back that this miscoded aircraft is most likely E-6B BuNo 162782.

924924 is 163918. It's also used by a 1st FW T-38.
163918 has also used 053977.
162782 is one of those I mentioned being airborne earlier.

164407 used 492492 a long time ago.
164405 used to use 249249.

 

[yow777]

B-52's up from Minot AFB heading east. Likely headed to RAF Fairford.

 

[Mark]

B-52's up from Minot AFB heading east. Likely headed to RAF Fairford.

Nice catch yow! No Res in AR-62E but Res in AR-20NE for 0445z-05:45z at FL 220-270.
They seem to be heading that way.Obviously showing mode s so want to be seen

 

[wbagley]

924924 is 163918. It's also used by a 1st FW T-38.

Yep, my math is messed up. 924924 is actually octal 44444444, 249249 is octal 11111111 I believe.

By the way, do you have any insight into why the E-6s displayed 'GOTO FMS' as an ADS-B ident for many years?

 

[AirScan]

B-52's up from Minot AFB heading east. Likely headed to RAF Fairford.

2118- up on ZMP 251.100 LiveATC. Callsign sounds like CAKE 11 (?)

 

[yow777]

Callsign sounds like CAKE 11

Yes, sounds like it. They have used that callsign before.

 

[AirScan]

Obviously showing mode s so want to be seen

Looks like they turned it off just after you posted that.

2149- CAKE 11 to ZMP 316.150 (no LiveATC coverage AFAIK).

2206- CAKE 11 on ZYZ LiveATC. Flight of 3. Offered them a UHF frequency but said VHF is okay.

 

[yow777]

2209 - More B-52's up from Minot AFB.
2215 - Possible tanker support for the first batch is ABBOT72, KC-135 currently at Pease ANGB.

 

[AirScan]

More B-52's up from Minot AFB.

CAKE 14. Up on ZWG LiveATC. Cleared direct KALLU. Sounds like a single ship, cleared to FL270 (no block).

 

[wbagley]

E-6B SHADOW 10 doing Atlantic TACAMO transmissions on 17.8 kHz in various modes right now.

 

[AirScan]

2215 - Possible tanker support for the first batch is ABBOT72, KC-135 currently at Pease ANGB.

ABBOT 74 and maybe ABBOT 73 ?

2237- CAKE 11 to 121.225 ZYZ. yow777 are you getting an A-A yet ?
2249- CAKE 14 to 135.325 ZEG. Pilot sounded like Slim Pickens.

 

[yow777]

yow777 are you getting an A-A yet

Nothing yet, I am searching.

2300 - Looks like the callsign is HATE 11

 

[AirScan]

Nothing yet, I am searching.

Just popped up as HATE 11. New one for me.

 

[CYUL]

Nice catch yow! No Res in AR-62E but Res in AR-20NE for 0445z-05:45z at FL 220-270.
They seem to be heading that way.Obviously showing mode s so want to be seen

Local ping

 

[yow777]

2312 - HATE 11/12/13 up on 369.150 Air/Air
2319 - ABBOT 71/72 taxiing for takeoff at Pease
2334 - HATE 11 just pushed to AR Prime 341.750

 

[morfis]

HATE11-13 and HATE14 are on their way to Fairford. Second flight of four also due. Routine Bomber Task Force deployment rather than further trying to destabilise Eastern Europe (though I'm sure it will manage that too).
Oceanic exit will be at OSBOX for HATE11-13 and HATE14

Earlier mention of E6 tail 162782 - like the others it uses two ICAO addresses, AE040D for most purposes but AE2925 for INMARSAT logs of which might help clear up if the unknown track was that frame.

 

[Tech792]

0720- GOLD 62 & 63 out of Mcguire hanging around the DE/NJ coast